Google Answers Some of the Most Asked Privacy Questions to Address User Concerns

Jul. 13, 2021

While Apple has alwaysboasted about its privacy-focused business model, Google has beenquestioned time and againregarding its focus on user privacy anddata handlingpractices. Although we have seen the Mountain View giant addvarious featuresandmake changes to its productstoimprove user privacy, there are many users who are still skeptical of using Google’s offerings. So, to address such privacy concerns, Google has shared an in-depth QnA to answer some of the most asked privacy-related questions.

In an official report, Google answered a series of questions about user privacy, targeted ads, Google Assistant, location data, and much more. The report includes questions such as whether Google builds a personal profile of users to deliver ads or not, or does Google Assistant records everything users say or not?

Now, in most of the questions, Google, as the good guy that it is, the company stated that it does not collect or store any personal data of users such as location, payment credentials, or general information for its business purposes. The software giant claims that itonly uses anonymous, aggregated datato improve its products and services.

As for targeted ads, Google says that it does leverage user data to deliver personalized ads. However, the company states that it does not use data relating to a user’s emails, documents, health, race, religion, or sexual orientation to target ads.

Moreover, the ads that you see, as per Google, are“based on a number of things, such as your previous searches, the sites you visit, ads clicked, and more.”Plus, you can always visit yourAd Settings pageon Google to personalize the kinds of ads you want to see or disable ad personalization entirely.

Other than these, Google also clarified that it does not read or collect data from products that store your personal information such as Gmail, Drive, or Photos. And upon asking the question of how much does Google know about a user, the company directed us to theGoogle Dashboard, where you can see what Google services you use or what data is saved in your Google account, and other privacy-focused tools like Activity Controls and Ad Settings.

You cancheck out the full, in-depth QnA reporton Google India’s official Newsroom.

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